Pot handle



Sept. 28, 1948; J, GALLI'ANIQ 2,450,193

POT HANDLE Filed Aug. 2, 1 946 '9 I9 23 N INVENTOR. I 24 JOHN B. CALL/4N0 l4 BY U 20 ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 28, 1948 POT HANDLE John B. Galliano, Oakland, Calif., assignor to Industrial Ideas, Inc., Oakland, Calif., a corporation of California Application August 2, 1946, Serial No. 688,025

2 Claims.

This invention relates to handles which can be attached to pots, pans, and other kitchen utensils of a similar nature.

Objects of the invention are to provide a handle which the housewife or other person working in the kitchen can quickly and easily attach to a pot, pan or other container, so that it can be easily handled whether hot or cold; to provide such a handle having an attaching means which holds it firmly and securely to the article to which it is attached so that it will not slip or tilt; and to provide an easily attachable handle which has a smooth, cool handgrip which insulates a hand on the grip from the heat of a hot pot, pan, or the like. Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent on reading this specification in connection with the accompanying drawings.

On such drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the preferred embodiment of the handle or this invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the clamp.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the part of the handle adjacent to the clamp.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 on Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary longitudinal view of the handle in section showing in full lines the position of the loop when the handle is in fully open position, and showing in dotted lines the position of the loop when the handle is in fully closed position.

The handle has a handgrip II, at an end of which is a clamp which is to be attached to a pot, pan, or the like I2 at the rim or edge thereof. The clamp comprises an inverted U-shaped member I3, having depending arms It and I5 joined by a web IT. A movable clamp member or arm I8 is movably maintained in position between the arms I4 and I5, the movement being such as to increase or decrease its distance from the arm I4 so that the pot rim can enter between and be pressed tight thereon.

Guide pins I9 are affixed to the clamp member I8, extend slidably through perforations through the arm I5, and have heads 20 which are too large to pass through the openings through which the pins extend. The clamp member thus can not be accidentally separated from the U- shaped member I3 but can move toward or away from the arm I4.

The handgrip II may be made of any suitable material which does not conduct heat well, so that it will be comfortable to the hand. It is provided with a groove 22 which extends across the end thereof. A tongue or rib 23 is provided on the rear face of the arm I5, having about the same dimensions as the groove 22 and fitting therein. The tongue and groove, as will be seen in Figs. 2 and 3, are so arranged that the U-shaped member can not turn or twist with respect to the handle when they are assembled. The handgrip II, the rib 23, and the arm I5 have openings therethrough in line with each other to accommodate a rod 24 which extends through them and projects beyond at both ends thereof. That end of the rod which is adjacent to the U-shaped member I3 is threaded exteriorly, and the opening through the arm I5, and preferably also that through the rib 23, have screw threads to mesh with the threads on the rod. The other end of the-rod is formed into a loop 26 which can be turned to rotate the rod 24, which, by reason of the threads, causes it to advance to the left, as seen in Figs. 2 and 5, and push the clamp member to the left, or to be retracted therefrom, depending on the direction of rotation of the handle and rod. The rod and loop are of spring metal, and the free end 21 is closer to the handgrip than the point 28 at which the rod and loop meet. A washer 29, of metal or other suitable hard material, is provided between the end 21 and the handgrip II, against which the end 21 bears as the loop is rotated, in order to prevent abrading the end of the handgrip. The threaded connection between the rod 24 and the clamp, in connection with the loop 26, holds the clamp and handgrip together so that no other attachment between the two is required.

For attaching the handle to a pot or other container, the rod 24 is retracted, if it is not already so, by turning the loop 26 in the proper direction. The web I? is then set down onto the edge of the pot or container, with the arm I4 at the inner face, and the movable clamp member I8 at the outer face. Rotation of the loop 26 in the proper direction then causes the rod to push the movable clamp member to move it toward the arm I4 and thereby clamp the pot between them. The rod 24 extends beyond the end of the washer and the meeting point of this rod and the loop is a short distance away from, and out of contact with, the washer even when the handle is clamped firmly to a pot or the like. The free end 21 of the loop, however, presses resiliently, but firmly, against the washer when the handle is clamped to a pot or the like, and by such pressure serves to lock the rod against accidental rotation and loosening of the handle.

Certain details have been illustrated and described in explaining the invention, some of which may be changed, omitted or added to Without departing from the spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A quickly and securely attachable pot handle having a handgrip, a clamp at an end of the handgrip, thericlamnha fingia fiXed-grippingarm 1:

, end-of the handgrip and being formed into a to be located inside thespotadjacent-to its rim and a movable gripping arm to be located outside 10 causing the rod to press the movable arm toward the pot opposite to the fixed arm, a rod to move the movable arm toward the fixed arm and extending through the h-andgrip and a part of the" clamp and having screw threadzconneetionmvith iia the latter, the rod projecting-beyondathe:otheijals end of the handgrip, and a loop on the projecting end of the rod and having a pantecl-osen-tg the,

handgrip than the meeting point'of the rod and tached to the guide pins and movable between the first mentioned arms toward one or the other, the protuberance and the arm carrying it having an opening therethrough at least a part of which has screw threads, the handgrip having an opening therethrough in line with the first mentioned opening, and a rod having screw threads at the threaded opening, extending out beyond the other 100p therea-t, rotation of the loop in one direction the arm further from the handgrip to clamp a pot between themadjacent to its rim, the loop, when a pot is clamped, beginning at a point on the rod; beyond the loop end of the handgrip and terminatingin a free end in contact with the end of thehandgrip,

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2. A quickly and securely attachable pot han- 20 dl havingta hands rib; aplamp at an endcorthe handgrinr the rclampnh ving rams izpr jecting 1-,- downwardly and fixedly. attached. to each other, oneof the atmshaving a IIOIIFQHCUI'ELI' protuber e REFERENCES CITED The ,iollowingreferences are of record in theii' ancethereon, the adjacent-end ofthe hand ripzs Number; Name, Date;

having an indentation-into whichsthe-protuben-e 436,073 Clow et a1. Sept. 9, 1890; :i ancefitsto. prevent-rotation-.between-ztheclampm r 1,070,569 Wilson Aug-1'9, 1913 and:th -,hand -rip,..guide pins sli-dably mounted in- 1,606,833 Grover 16, thelarm adia-centto thehandgrip; an .arm,at- 2,092,193 Anderson; .s 1937m- 

